systems are arcance
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“Systems are arcane, forced to work, unreliable and convoluted”
The long and winding road of Electronic Management of Assessment
Alex Spiers, Learning Technology Developer, CIE
XJTLU ANNUAL LEARNING & TEACHING STAFF COLLOQUIUM 2017
@alexgspiers
aims
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• Background & context
• EMA project board
• Tools
• Staff Survey – early findings
• Considerations & Next steps
Anticipated Benefits
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( EMA ) is increasingly being used to describe the way in which technology is used across the assessment life cycle to support the electronic submission of assignments, as well as marking and feedback. (JISC 2014)
Definitions
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Purpose of this session
eSubmission – electronic submission of an assignmenteMarking – electronic marking (including offline marking eg in Word)eFeedback – electronic feedback (ie text, audio, video but not hard copy)eReturn – electronic return of marks
• eSubmision – electronic submission of an
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EMA Project Board
APVC Helen O Sullivan
Academic StaffProfessional ServicesCSDCIEProject Manager
Printing
Fall Down Protocol
Management of technologyLimitations of supported Tools
MOBILE DEVICE MANAGEMENT
Return of MarksLanguage Support
Tablet AnnotationFINANCIAL SUSPENSION
Moderation
Blind MarkingDistribution of marking
M O D E R A T I O N
E x t e r n a l E x a m i n e r a c c e s s
Accessibility
What tools are used?
Current state of play
• Insert the stats from the Craig Goacher
Anticipated Benefits
Click to edit Master title style
Is it a group submission?
Want to check for plagiarism?
Blackboard assignment Turnitin assignment
Blackboard or Turnitin?* *at a rough(!) glance, see guide for more detail
Support for double-marking/moderation?
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes (see file type restrictions)
Yes
Anonym marking = strictYes
Yes
No
Want more flexible anonymous marking?
Submit more than one file?Or large files (>40MB)Or want to offer
feedback in a different file egtracked Word
What tools are used?
June 2016• Staff Workshops = 36
• Staff Attended = 350 +
• One day per month
• Bespoke session s for schools and faculties• Environmental science 80+ staff
• Purchase of iPad Pro and Pencil to aid transition
• Training outreach programmes such a Scholars 130 students home students exposed to the submission and marking
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Responses: n=346 distribution per School/Institutes, at least 10 responses from each School, best represented Life SciencesDraft highlights: not to be interpreted without the free-text responsesSurvey Design – Tunde Varga Atkins
Summary
Moving into the final phase
• Maintain guidance & support
• Student Survey
• New Tools – TII (Summer 2017) BB Instructor App (3rd
Quarter 2017)
• Other tools?
• VLE Review?
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FIND OUT MOREContact the eLearning Unit
@alexgspiers
elearningatliverpool.wordpress.com
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